Godfather of national football

Chapter 164 The first match against Argentina ([-])
Maradona is an arrogant person. Argentina is playing against the Chinese team. Of course he is proud, but Li Guo ignores him.

In any case, the goal of the Argentine players should be to play 7 games, so in the first game, the Argentine players have a good grasp of the rhythm, and they will slow down after the stormy attack.

Shen Rui took the ball with his back, and Heinze clung to him tightly. Shen Rui couldn't turn around. At this time, someone ran past him from the corner of his eye, and it was Mu Fei.

Mu Fei was rushing up from the side at high speed. Seeing that this was an opportunity, Shen Rui turned around and swiped towards the side. The ball rolled forward along the sideline.

"Beautiful," Duan Xuan shouted excitedly in the stands after seeing Mu Fei of the Chinese team rushing up.

Argentina's left was completely empty, and Mu Fei could pass the ball calmly. He looked at the center and made a low pass. The goal of the ball was to find Chen Gelin in the penalty area.

Chen Gelin does not have a height advantage, so the pass to Chen Gelin is usually a low-level ball. Chen Gelin runs forward. At this time, he can see that the Argentine defense is old. I remember that in the just-concluded Champions League final, Inter Milan’s Milito passed Demichelis like a wooden man.

Facing the extremely fast Chen Gelin, Demichelis couldn't keep up. Chen Gelin faced the ball with the end of his arch, and the ball flew towards the goal!
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The moment Chen Gelin shot the goal, Li Guo turned around and didn't continue to watch. Maybe he was too much looking forward to it, so he didn't dare to watch it. Will this be the first goal of the Chinese team in the World Cup?

All the players on the bench of the Chinese team rushed out, and then they all did the same action by coincidence - hugging their heads.

The ball missed and Chen Gelin's shot was saved by Romero.

Li Guo stuck out his tongue, a little helpless, then gave Chen Gelin a thumbs up, expressing that he did a good job.

Chen Gelin, who missed the opportunity, kicked over a piece of lawn fiercely. At that moment, he thought too much and cared too much about the angle, so he used the safest way - to shoot with the arch of his foot.

If he made a burst shot, Romero would definitely not be able to save it, but that would be easy to miss, but for a striker, the opportunity is fleeting, there is no medicine for regret, and no one in the penalty area can do it all over again.

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As a stronger side, Argentina rarely gave the Chinese team such opportunities. Soon, the Argentine team once again mastered the offense.

This time it was Di Maria who dribbled the ball. Angel used dance-like movements to pass Geng Chong and Li Weifeng in succession on the wing, and then made a two-for-one with Messi.

Maradona kicked from the edge of the court, probably because he felt that if the ball was shot by himself, it would definitely be scored.

Li Guo gradually realized that the waiting Argentina's physical fitness did not come, but the physical fitness of the Chinese team began to decline first.

It is easy to understand that the Chinese team is the one that is beaten, and of course the physical consumption is greater, so Argentina's advantage is even greater.

Zhou Dun felt that the Chinese team's defense line was too far back, which was very passive, and he had to push the Chinese team's defense line out.

Zhou Dun was fighting Messi in the midfield. Zhou Dun's idea was right, but Messi didn't lose the ball, and then Fang Suo also came over. Mu Fei saw Zhou Dun, Fang Suo didn't grab Messi's ball, and he also came over. The Chinese team Sanying fought Messi.

The onlookers knew that Li Guo knew it was bad. Sure enough, Messi passed the ball from behind the crowd, and Carlos Tevez got the ball in the middle of the Chinese team's defense.

This time, the defensive gap left by the Chinese team to the opponent is too big, and only Yin Di is left in the defense.

Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, and Fang Suo chased back, but it was too late, Tevez crossed the middle, Higuain shot, and the ball flew towards Wang Dalei.

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Maradona flew towards Higuain and hugged the latter tightly. This was Argentina's first goal in this World Cup.

Maradona was messing with Higuain, maybe it was a compliment, and other Argentine players rushed over to celebrate.

No matter how optimistic the media was about Argentina before the game, what really matters is the goal, and this ball relieves the pressure on the Argentine players.

For the Chinese team, Zhou Dun patted Mu Fei and Fang Suo on the head. There was no complaint, only regret. Perhaps the Chinese players also knew that the goal would be conceded sooner or later, but they hoped it would happen in the second half.

Li Guo turned around and asked Hao Junmin, Ji Ke, and Qu Bo to warm up. No matter how modest his mouth was, Li Guo's goal was still one point for Argentina.

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After taking the lead, Argentina played more pragmatically and mainly controlled the ball in the midfield. This kind of war of attrition made the opponent a little desperate, but now the psychological quality of the Chinese players is different from before, and they can bear it.

Li Guo has been applauding non-stop. He knows that Argentina seems to pass the ball aimlessly, but in fact they are always looking for opportunities, which is very similar to Barcelona.

So as long as the Chinese players are a little careless, the Argentine players may send a deadly pass again.

"Big head, Fang Suo, Geng Chong... Be careful of Argentina's pass, don't lose the ball before the end of the first half, grab Mascherano, his movements are slow."

Li Guo yelled, and Li Weifeng suddenly reacted, "That's right, other people are fast, and the robbing is useless, and it consumes energy, but Mascherano is relatively slow in the Argentine midfield."

Li Weifeng and Fang Suo pinched Mascherano. Li Weifeng kicked the ball and Fang Suo kicked someone. With a bang, Fang Suo and Mascherano faced each other.

Mascherano is considered a tough guy, but in front of the bullies of the Soviet Super League, he suffered a disadvantage this time. The Argentine players quit and surrounded the referee. Fonso was playing tricks.

Li Weifeng pushed the others away, he was the captain, and he kept saying, "I played football, I didn't kick anyone."

In the end, the referee gave Fonso a yellow card. Maradona was very angry and yelled at Li Guo. Li Guo didn't understand Spanish, but it was probably not a good word.

Li Guo felt that Mascherano was just pretending. Although Li Guo knew Fang Suo's characteristics, Mascherano was not made of tofu. But unexpectedly, Mascherano was replaced by Veron.

"Fang Suo's reputation as a bully is not in vain," Li Guo thought to himself.

Veron, nicknamed the White Wizard, has represented Argentina in the World Cup since 98. This guy and Mascherano can be said to be a completely different type. Veron plays more agilely, focusing on ball control and passing. Li Guo doesn't know whether his playing is a blessing or a curse for the Chinese team.

Because of this accidental injury, the players on both sides have restrained a lot, and no one wants their World Cup journey to end just after it started.

At the end of the first half, the score was maintained at 1-0, and the Argentine team took the lead. The situation was temporarily unfavorable for the Chinese team.

(End of this chapter)